Lights Chords

KeyEm Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays531

Lights by Ellie Goulding is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Em, D, Cadd9, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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        Em       D                   Cadd9 Am     
I had a way then losing it all on my own    
        Em                 D                  Cadd9  Am 
I had a heart then but the queen has been overthrown  
    Em               D       Cadd9               Am 
And I'm not sleeping now the dark is too hard to beat 
    Em              D       Cadd9              Am 
And I'm not keeping now the strength I need to push me  

             Em                  D 
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone  
Cadd9                 Am 
You shine It when I'm alone 
         Em               D 
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong  
     Cadd9                Am 
And dreaming when they're gone 
               Em                D 
'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home  
Cadd9             D 
Calling, calling, calling home  
             Em                  D 
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone  
   Cadd9                Am 
You shine It when I'm alone  

Em        D              Cadd9  Am 
Noises, I play within my head  
         Em           D                         Cadd9  Am 
Touch my own skin and hope that I'm still breathing  
    Em              D       Cadd9 C            Am 
And I think back to when my brother and my sister slept 
Em             D         Cadd9                  Am 
in an unlocked place the only time I feel safe  

             Em                  D 
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone  
Cadd9                 Am 
You shine It when I'm alone 
         Em               D 
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong  
     Cadd9                Am 
And dreaming when they're gone 
               Em                D 
'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home  
Cadd9             D 
Calling, calling, calling home  
             Em                  D 
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone  
   Cadd9                Am 
You shine It when I'm alone 
Em 
Home  

             Em                  D 
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone  
Cadd9                 Am 
You shine It when I'm alone 
         Em               D 
And so I tell myself that I'll be strong  
     Cadd9                Am 
And dreaming when they're gone 
               Em                D 
'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home  
Cadd9             D 
Calling, calling, calling home  
             Em                  D 
You show the lights that stop me turn to stone  
   Cadd9                Am 
You shine It when I'm alone 
Em 
Home 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante